Despite losing the Valladolid final to Australia — ending a five-tournament winning streak — the Blitzboks head into the Bordeaux World Championship finale still leading the overall standings by four points over Argentina. The maths is straightforward: reach the final and the double is secured regardless of the result. Philip Snyman's side have already wrapped up the World SVNS Series title and are the only team confirmed for next season's Series, so Bordeaux represents a chance to crown what has been a near-perfect campaign. The pool draw is unforgiving — Kenya, Great Britain and Fiji — with the Kenyans and British having troubled them already in Valladolid, and Fiji always dangerous. The piece lays out exactly what the Blitzboks need to do across the weekend to make history.